Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“Union 2000”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 1977
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 1923
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Wielsbeke · since 1968
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Insulation installation · Gent · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of FAST-ONE · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Aalst · since 1999
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Abbreviation of L'UNION DES ETABLISSEMENTS RELEGIEUX DE L'EUROPE · Elsene · since 2002
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Elsene · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Association des ukrainiens Unité · Habay · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Tournai · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Coordination Syndicale Interrégionale Hainaut / Hauts-de-France / West-Vlaanderen · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Tournai · since 2004
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Abbreviation of UInion Drogenbos Volley-Ball · Ukkel · since 2005
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Other postal and courier activities · Liège · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1999
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Zonhoven · since 1980
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Koekelberg · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2024
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Anderlecht · since 2022
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1987
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Brussel · since 1940
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Abbreviation of Natuur 2000 Vlaamse Jeugdbond voor Natuurstudie en Milieu Behoud · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Ranst · since 1975